It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index; it is also listed on the New Zealand Exchange.

[2] The company was founded by Philip Rose, who also founded the Royal Brompton Hospital, in 1868 as The Foreign & Colonial Government Trust: it was the first collective investment scheme in the world[3][4] and specialised in investing in Government bonds.

[5] In 1981, the company launched Graphite Capital, a leading UK private equity firm.

[6] The company shortened its name from The Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust to F & C Investment Trust in 2018.

[8] The current chair is Beatrice Hollond.